Workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Photo: John Carl D'Annibale

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Workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge, left, piece by piece as traffic uses the new bridge at right, in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge, left, piece by piece as traffic uses the new bridge at right, in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Photo: John Carl D'Annibale

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Workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Photo: John Carl D'Annibale

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Workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Photo: John Carl D'Annibale

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A 20-plus ton slab of roadway is lifted to a flatbed truck as workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) less

A 20-plus ton slab of roadway is lifted to a flatbed truck as workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span along side the old one is open for traffic. ... more

Photo: John Carl D'Annibale

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A tug positions a barge as workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) less

A tug positions a barge as workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times ... more

Photo: John Carl D'Annibale

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The remaining span of the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge, in foreground, along side the old one, at top, in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

The remaining span of the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge, in foreground, along side the old one, at top, in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Photo: John Carl D'Annibale

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The remaining span of the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge, in foreground, along side the old one, at top, in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

The remaining span of the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge, in foreground, along side the old one, at top, in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Photo: John Carl D'Annibale

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Workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge, in foreground, in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span, top, along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge, in foreground, in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. A new span, top, along side the old one is open for traffic. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Photo: John Carl D'Annibale

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Life-long Edinburg residents Raymond and Beulah Simpson watch as workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge piece by piece from the new bridge alongside it in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. The pair, who live just up the road, have come out to check on the project once or twice a day since it began last year. Mrs. Simpson has taken almost 2000 photographs since then. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) less

Life-long Edinburg residents Raymond and Beulah Simpson watch as workers tear down the 83-year old Batchellerville bridge piece by piece from the new bridge alongside it in Edinburg, NY Tuesday May 7, 2013. ... more

Photo: John Carl D'Annibale

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Photos: Old Batchellerville Bridge coming down

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More than 80 years after it was built to span the new Great Sacandaga Lake, the Batchellerville Bridge is coming down. Now that the new bridge — which is wider and higher — is complete, construction crews, working from the east shore to the west are dismantling the deck and green metal superstructure so familiar to boaters.